Reducing machine



Dec. 22, 1936. c. A. HARBERT REDUCING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 17, 1935 .HHHHHHHII IIWIMMJ r- "H HlHH h-J Dec. 22, 1936. c, HARBERT 2,065,455

REDUC ING MACHINE Filed Au 17, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNITED-1 sTATEs PATENT OFF-ICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a reducing machine and has for an object to provide a means for reducing the weight of a person without the necessity of any undue exertion on the part of the person utilizing the same.

A further feature of this invention is that it may be made to fit persons of any weight or size and that the same machine may be used for reducing the weight of a more corpulent or a less corpulent person. As is well known, the stouter a person is the lazier he is and the harder he finds it to g through any systematic method of reducing his weight which calls for exertion on his own part. The fat or corpulent person, however, is

I- often quite anxious and desirous to reduce but due to his very condition is often unable to indulge in suflicient exercise to cause the necessary loss of weight.

With this invention, however, no physical exertion is necessary on the part of the person who desires to lose weight. I-Ie need only place himself in the machine of this invention at regular periods and submit himself to the exercise performed on him by the machine until his weight has finally been reduced to the desired amount.

As a further feature of this invention, the person whose weight is being reduced is rolled back and forth about his length so that the greatest exercising effect is produced on those portions of the body which project the greatest distance which, in the case of a corpulent person, is usually under the belt line, thereby causing the belt line to be most effectively reduced.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will hereinafter become apparent, this invention comprises the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth, disclosed and shown on the accompanying drawings. In these drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the reducing machine, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

There is shown at H] the reducing machine of this invention. This reducing machine comprises a hollow cylinder II having one end open as at l2. The other end of the cylinder II is closed as at I3 and extending from this closed end l3 and secured thereto as at I4 is a shaft l5 on which is keyed a gear Hi. This shaft I5 extends to a bearing H. The bearing I1 is located in a support I8 mounted in a base or frame l9, thereby supporting one end of the cylinder I I. The other end of the cylinder l i rests on a series of roller bearings 20 placed in an upstanding leg 2| at the end of the base or frame IS.

A motor 22, which may be electrically operated from any suitable source of power rests on an extension 23 of the base or frame 19 and operates a fiy wheel 24 by means of an endless belt 25. A shaft 26 keyed to the fly wheel 24 is formed into a crank arm 21, its other end being journaled in a suitable bearing in a pedestal 28 formed in the frame IS, the shaft 26 being journaled in the pedestal 29. A connecting arm 30 is joined at one end thereof to crank arm 21 by means of a bearing or the like and at its other end is connected by a similar bearing to toothed rack 3|. This rack 3| is supported on a U-shaped bed 32 secured to the support or leg !8, the bed 32 being so located as to cause the teeth of the rack 3| to remain enmeshed with the teeth of the gear l6.

As the motor 22 is operated, the crank arm 21, through its connecting rod 30, imparts a reciprocatory motion to the toothed rack 3| and thus causes the cylinder to reciprocate back and forth. Any desired amount of rotation can be provided by merely selecting the proper ratio between the crank arm and the gear, but preferably the ratio selected will be such as to cause the cylinder to rotate through slightly over 180 degrees before the reciprocatory motion is started.

In operation, the person desiring the exercising effects of this machine merely inserts his body through the open end [2 of the cylinder H and lies at full length therein. If desired, the inside of the cylinder ll may be provided with a suitable padding or mattress to prevent bruising the person utilizing the same, although a switch or control for the motor 22 may be located adjacent the open end so that the person exercising himself therein may be able to discontinue the operation at the appropriate time.

The operation of the motor 22 will cause the person in the cylinder II to be rolled back and forth continuously so long as the motor is in operation, the rolling effect thereby exercising the person and causing a loss of reduction in his weight.

The novel features and the operation of this device will be apparent from the foregoing description. While the device has been shown and the structure described in detail, it is obvious that this is not to be considered limited to the exact form disclosed and that changes may be made therein within the scope of what is of the base opposite that carrying said roller means, means for reciprocating said shaft to reciprocate said cylinder about its longitudinal axis, said reciprocating means comprising a gear secured to the end of the shaft, a toothed rack meshing with said gear, a bed carried by said base supporting said rack, and a motor and crank connected to said rack for imparting a reciprocating motion thereto.

C. ARTHUR HARBERT. 

